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Before you stands one of the most remarkable paintings in Western art. Velázquez completed The Surrender of Breda in 1635 for Madrid's Hall of Realms. He delivered something rarer than triumph: a vision of dignity after war.
On a hazy plain, smoke still drifting, the defeated Dutch face the victorious Spanish.
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Madrid
Room 9A · Level 1
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